The deadly infection has been historically rare, but as climate change heats up waters and worsens flooding, research shows ...

A Missouri resident has contracted a brain-eating amoeba, possibly after water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks days prior.

CAMDEN CO., Mo. (KY3) - A 3-year-old boy from Tuscumbia, Mo., drowned in the Lake of the Ozarks Sunday afternoon. According ...

GRAVOIS MILLS, Mo. ( KY3 /Gray News) - A two-year-old child drowned at the Lake of the Ozarks. A young girl was reported ...

Naegleria fowleri is a one-celled organism that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control explains is “often called the ...

Health officials in Missouri say a resident has contracted a lab-confirmed case of what is commonly known as "brain-eating" ...

LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. (KSNW) — A 2-year-old girl is dead after a drowning at the Lake of the Ozarks.

The Missouri Department of Health has begun an investigation into the brain-eating ameba after a person showed symptoms after ...

ST. LOUIS — A man is battling for his life at a St. Louis-area hospital after being infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba ...

The amoeba is a single-celled organism that lives in hot springs, lakes and other warm freshwater bodies. The Missouri health ...

A fire at a Lake of the Ozarks marina early Monday was accidental, investigators say. The office of the State Fire Marshal ...

A 2-year-old Missouri girl drowned Wednesday morning in the Lake of the Ozarks after she wandered away from her home.